week was like that of which I have given a specimen. In the night of the 27th the express returned, who had been sent to Bexar to know the will of the Presi- dent, Santa Anna, with an order for all prisoners to be shot. .\bout sunrise the next morning, the sanguinary mandate was executed. Being outside of the fort I was an eye-witness to but a small part, but was in- formed of what was going on. At length, an officer and two soldiers came in, one of whom seized the blan- ket, which covered Capt. B. which I indignantly pulled from him and Teplaccd. Seeing it, my friend, the wounded Mexican Captain called me and made me take a seat by him upon the bedside and hold my tongue. ·when they rudely bore away Capt. B. he extended his arms towards me, imploring my assistance, until his voice was silenced forever. In a short time afterward, I was taken by a subaltern to a house where I found )Ir. Spohn, and where I received some food. When we left this house, we were taken to the hospital. When the confusion of the morning had a little sub- sided, a division of the wounded was made, and an equal number given to each surgeon to attend. We were then crowded into an apartment too small to allO\V all to lie down at once with convenience. Some of us were so fortunate as to save a blanket, which we spread over the filthy ground to sleep upon. Our food was chiefly stewed beef, which we ate from our
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